Colombo, Feb. 19 -- Zimbabwe, who failed to make the cut for the 2024 T20 World Cup, continue to spring surprises.
After beating Australia earlier in the tournament, they defeated tournament co-hosts Sri Lanka by six wickets here to enter the Super Eight unbeaten and at Group B toppers.
In their final group game of the 2026 edition on Thursday, Zimbabwe restricted the in-form Sri Lankans to 178/7 and then overcame a mid-innings lull to gallop to 182/4 in 19.3 overs.
Brian Bennett and Tadiwanashe Marumani gave the team the perfect launchpad, putting on an opening partnership of 69 in 8.3 overs. After losing Marumani and Ryan Burl in quicksuccession, they struggled to tick on for a while.
But captain Sikandar Raza flipped the switch in th...